Creating business unit accountability by demonstrating business unit costs in one centralized repository is the 35th reason to go beyond TEM and manage the enterprise digital footprint. One of the many challenges of dealing with technology in the workplace nowadays is accountability. Business Dictionary defines the term as a form of transparency and taking responsibility for activities as well as their results, including money or any property.

When selecting a Telecom Expense Management (TEM) vendor, the process of evaluating solutions might not seem so complicated. Everyone is essentially selling the same product, right? Let’s rewind a minute, many providers say they offer Telecom Expense Management but what they do can vary in multiple ways, provide a variety of bundles or variations and flavours to the services you can sign up for. In order to effectively decide on a vendor, you must first decide on what objectives you want to achieve. Is your focus inventory management, cost optimization or automating processes across all of your organization; or maybe it’s all of the above? While one option may cost less the day you sign, what you are looking for are long-term results. Once you know what you want to achieve, you will need to figure out if you will need a Self-Managed or a Fully-Managed solution. Some vendors will make both options available with some variances. Understanding the difference between fully-managed and self-managed is key to getting the most out of a TEM solution.

What is an artificial intelligence? Although we often hear about them, artificial intelligences are rather misunderstood by the majority of people. Let us try and explain what they are and where they come from. The idea of an artificial intelligence was first presented by a team of American scientists in 1956 during the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence [wikipedia]. Two main points came out of this presentation:

We’re proud to announce the latest customer to join the Cimpl family. This newest client is among the largest construction firms in Canada. They wanted to get the most business value out of their IT and telecom assets, and so they signed up for our leading wireline and wireless managed services as they considered our solution being the best technology asset management option.

The results of the 2015 IDG Enterprise Building the Mobile Enterprise Survey came out not long ago. The topic of this year’s study revolved around the top mobile priorities in business as well as the influence of emerging mobile tech on enterprise. This should come as no surprise: The majority of enterprises polled put mobile and mobile security as their highest priorities and concerns. What else came out of this study?

Why your company needs to change The Conference Board of Canada just announced that the telecommunications industry has hit a speedbump. The Board claims that for 2015, industry revenues would grow by only 2.3%. Growth hasn’t been this low since the 2008 recession. The Board notes that one of the factors for this slowdown is due to rising prices (which are themselves due to a host of other factors). Despite the rising prices, our demand for telecom devices and services is as high as ever (and is growing, in fact).

You work for a company that most likely owns, uses, and manages hundreds (if not thousands) of IT and telecom assets. Now, you know this is all costing you money, because you have a lot of bills to pay every month for the usage of this business technology. But do you know where the money is actually going?

Do you know how many businesses there are? Let’s start off with some simple data: There’s more than 1.1 million registered businesses in Canada. They aren’t all directly competing against you, but you all have the same goal: Profit. So, how do you stand out? There are obvious things that help, like having more capital and better marketing. That said, many people underestimate the value of business IT.

Lately, we’ve been asked a lot of questions about IT asset management, IT service management, and telecom expense management. These questions are coming from many people in many fields. We’re always glad to explain the nuts and bolts about these three disciplines, but it just might be more helpful to put the answers in one place.

About Us

Cimpl is leading the revolution in telecom, IT and cloud expense management. Its software-as-a-service platform brings together actionable data analytics and automates business processes to ensure optimal ROI on technology assets.